Japanese edit

Kanji in this term
しゃ
Hyōgaiji

Grade: 3
irregular

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

() (o-, honorific prefix) + (しゃ)() (share)

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

(しゃ)() or 洒落(シャレ) (oshare-na (adnominal (しゃ)() (oshare na), adverbial (しゃ)() (oshare ni))

  1. stylish, smart, fashionable, smartly dressed
    (しゃ)()スーツ
    oshare na sūtsu
    a stylish suit

Inflection edit

Noun edit

(しゃ)() or 洒落(シャレ) (oshare

  1. someone stylish, a person that is smartly dressed
  2. stylishness

Verb edit

(しゃ)()する or 洒落(シャレ)する (oshare surusuru (stem (しゃ)() (oshare shi), past (しゃ)()した (oshare shita))

  1. be fashionable

Conjugation edit

References edit

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006) 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998) NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
  3. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997) 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN